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An abandoned settlement in Tawargha, Libya. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Hannah Lucinda Smith)

Unravelling the Mystery of Tawargha

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 1, 2014 | Features

Tawargha and A’alam, Libya, Asharq Al-Awsat—There were moments when the wind whipped up the dust on the scrubby desert plain and the grains formed a dirty orange veil across the sun. The gusts set the limp doors banging in their frames, and in those seconds it felt...

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Libya’s Deadly Catch-22

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Feb 26, 2014 | Features

Misrata and Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—It was Anwar, a former rebel fighter and community leader from Misrata, who summed the situation up best: “If you’re a state and you have a rifle, but the people have ten rifles, then you will have a problem.” He had cut right to...

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Libyan soldiers with an anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on a vehicle deploy in a Tripoli’s neighborhood after militias were ordered to leave the capital following weekend clashes on November 18, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA)

Libyan troops in show of force in the capital

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan army was deployed in the capital Tripoli on Monday in order to avert armed clashes, following unrest over the weekend. Eyewitnesses in Tripoli informed Asharq Al-Awsat that dozens of military vehicles carrying Libyan army soldiers...

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A picture taken on November 17, 2013, shows a man walking past closed shops in the Libyan capital Tripoli (AFP Photo).

Libya’s capital goes on strike over militia attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 17, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Libya, AP—Residents of the Libyan capital launched a general strike Sunday over a militia violence that killed nearly 50 people this weekend. The streets of Tripoli were deserted as the vast majority of the city’s businesses and schools were closed....